SHAM Hoi Yee Debe

Part-time Lecturer

B.A. (HKBU), M.A. (HKBU)

Debe Sham graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University in Visual Arts (B.A. 2011 & M.A. 2013). She then has taught as a visiting artist at the Department of Visual Studies, Hong Kong Lingnan University. Debe has joined the Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU as a part-time lecturer in January 2016. She received the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (New York) Yale-China Art Fellowship 2017 and served as a research scholar at Yale University (U.S.A.).

Debe is a sculptor and an interdisciplinary artist, usually works with metal and glass. The performative sculptures and site-specific installations she has developed in the past several years have grown out of the artistic exploration of the role of public art. Specifically, she has focused on interactivity as a means of generating dialogue between art and its audience; the ambiguity of interpersonal communication in different social situations; and the history and culture of toys, games and playgrounds.

• MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

  1. “Learning from New Haven”, The Academy of Visual Arts Magazine #7, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2018, P.16-19
  2. New Haven Green & i, Hong Kong: Burger Collection, 2018
  3. “The Artist as Mirror Holder – The self and others as reflections in the community art of Debe Sham” with Ho Siu-Kee, translated by Teresa Chan, Inside Burger Collection, Asia Art Pacific Magazine Issue 107 Mar/Ari 2018, P.137-142
  4. On AIR, Department of Visual Studies , Hong Kong Lingnan University, 2015

   

   

• TALK / WORKSHOPS

  1. “Mat6 Gwai1 Yun4 Jyu2” Artist talk organized by 1a Space, Oct 2018
  2. “Discover the Opportunities of Global Creative Collaboration.” Artist sharing organized by Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association, June 2018
  3. “Art and Life.” Artist sharing organized by the CCGEO, Centre for Cinema Studies and CNEX Foundation Ltd., Hong Kong Lingnan University, Oct 2015
  4. “Stepping Out: Form and Appreciation of Glass and Metal.” Seminar organized by the Department of Visual Studies, Hong Kong Lingnan University, Oct 2015

• EXHIBITIONS

  Solo Exhibitions:

  1. Mat6 Gwai1 Yun4 Jyu2: Works by Debe Sham, 1a space, Hong Kong, 2018
  2. On AIR: Works by Debe Sham, Hong Kong Lingnan University, 2015

  Group Exhibitions:

  1. International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, United States, 2017
  2. Pop up Festival, New Haven, United States, 2017
  3. Here – Casphalt Public Art Project, Hong Kong, 2016-17
  4. Hong Kong Sculpture Biennale 2016
  5. Art in the Branch – We-search, China CITIC Bank International, Hong Kong, 2015
  6. Resonating with Creative Minds: A Retrospective of the Artist-in-Residence, Hong Kong Lingnan University, 2006-15, 2015
  7. Elephant Parade®We Love Hong Kong – We-search, City Plaza, Hong Kong, 2015
  8. THAT GUY, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2015
  9. Fotanian Open Studios 2014, Hong Kong
  10. Artistinvisble – Creative Writing Studio, Hong Kong University, 2014
  11. Intimate……Distant, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2014
  12. Glass Room, Hong Kong Asia Society, 2012-13
  13. Summer Jewel, New Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong, 2012
  14. Art Festival 2011, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Gallery, 2011
  15. 3rd Party, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Gallery, 2011
  16. A Passion for Creation– Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong Museum of Arts, 2009

   

• ESTEEM

  1. Burger Collection Exhibition Sponsorship, Hong Kong, 2017
  2. Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (New York) Yale-China Art Fellowship, 2017
  3. The Artist-in-Residence, Hong Kong Lingnan University, 2015